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MuseumsAndTheWeb: Blogger

Review: http://weblogs.about.com/cs/bloghost/gr/blogger.htm

Pros:

• Free!
• Easy - setup in no time, decent interface, nice features.
• Multiple templates
• Blogger wins Best Weblog Tool - 2006 Bloggies

Cons:

• No categories! (this is, IMHO, a huge shortcoming)
• Template customizing requires fiddling with HTML and CSS
• Some downtime
• Slow publish times
• Really needs some (free) third-party utils for complete functionality (e.g. feedburner)

Owned now by google, blogger.com was my first introduction to blogging - free and easy, I started my first blog in October 2001. All politics all the time. :)

As far as quick and easy goes, blogger wins. It's a very complete multi-author bloggin platform with excellent integrated features.

For actual use, you'll want to check out:

• statcounter.com
  • free (limited log) hit and stat tracking package
• feedburner.com
  • create an RSS feed and track subscribers
• http://help.blogger.com/bin/topic.py?topic=41
  • Blogger hacks. Good stuff.